Dispensing receptacle or package.



A. FALK.V

DlsPENsING RECEPTACLE 0R PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. II. 1916.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

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ARTHUR FALK, 0F NEW YORK, 1\T. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FALK TOBACCO CQ., 0F NEW VRK, N. Y., A CORPORATEGN 0F NEW YORK.

DISEENSING RECEPTACLE 0R PACKAGE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented gli 315, 119118.

To all whom t may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR FALK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Dispensing Receptacles or Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the subject of packages, such, for example, as those used in connection with cigarettes, and the primary aim of the invention is to provide simple and efficient means whereby the com tents of the package, in pre-determined quantities, may be projected from the package to facilitate removal of suchcontents without damage to the package or the goods that are contained therein.

A simple and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein*- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package equipped with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail plan View. rheinvention-is of particular utility in lconnection with cigarette packages of the well known flexible type usually including an outer'wrapper or label, an intermediate weather-proof protector of foil, and a lining of paraiiined sheet material, the package as illustrated being designated gen erally by the numeral thereto by the numeral 2.

The invention' is designed to project the contents, or a part of the contents of the package beyond the mouth of the ackage so that they may be removed by tiie user, said invention consisting of a pull strip 3, preferably of flexible material, that into and acrossthe inner surface of the bottom of the package and has one end portion pasted or otherwise attached to the inner surface of the side of the lining 2 .above the bottom of the package. The other or free end of the pull strip 3 projects through and slightly beyond the mouth of the package and forms a finger grip t.

An ejector plate 5, formed of suitable material that is comparatively sti', is provided with a pair of spaced parallel slots 6 through which the strip 3 is threaded, the said p late 5 being disposed beneath the lower-end of the contents of the package 1.

As shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying 1, and'r the lining extends drawings, the ejector 5 normally liesdat on grasped by the user. An outward pull on the finger grip 4: will then project some of the cigarettes, as shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing so that they can be readily removed romthe package.

The ejector 5 may be of any size relative to the size of the package. As` shown in Fig. 2, it may be of a size to cause two rows of cigarettes to be projected, and as shown in Fig. 3, the corners of the plate may be rounded so that no damage Will be clone to the lining 2 incidental to the movements of the plate. 'l

iThe plate 5 is formed of comparatively sti' material and the slots 6 formed therein are large enough to permitthe strip 3l to freely slide therethrough so lthat the lifting movement ofthe strip causes saidl strip to slide relatively to the said plate. Such movement of the strip 3 relative to theplate 5 prevents the said plate being pulled to an inoperative position relative to the contents of the'package.

l claim as my invention:

1. An ejecting device for the contents of receptacles comprising a flexible pull strip having one end fastened to a receptacle, the strip extending beneath the contents of the receptacle, and an ejector carried by the pull strip and comprising a flat plate disposed beneath the contents of the rece tacle and having its body portion provided with spaced parallel slots through which the free portion` of the pull strip isthreaded to permit the plate to automatically adjust itself relative to the contents of the 4receptacle.

2. In a device of thefcharacter described, the combination with a receptacle, of a pull strip therein` and extending eneath the contents of said receptacle, and anejector plate within the rece tacle and disposed beneath the contents cip the receptacle, the ejector plate being' freely slidable on thespully strip to permit the plate to adjust ltself relative to the contents of the receptacle, the edge portions of the ejector late hein shaped to prevent movement of' t e 4plate amaging the receptacle.

3. An ejecting device for the contents of receptacles comprising a exible pull permit the. plate to automatically adjust lstrip having one en'fd so connected toe reitself relative to the contents of the receptacle as to prevent inward motion, the ceptaole. strip extending beneath the contents of lthe lIn testimony whereof have aXed my 5 receptacle, and an ejector carried by the signa-ture in the presence of two witnesses. 1i

pull strip and comprising a Hat plate disposed beneath the contents of the recep- ARTHUR FALK. tacle and having its body portion provided Witnesses: with spaced apertures through which the 1WALTER M. GAsnrs 10 free portion of the pull strip is threaded to ELMER SLEPNER., 

